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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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ARGYLLSHIRE | Argyllshire or Argyleshire Argyleshire Argyllshire Argyllshire Argyllshire Argyllshire Argyllshire |
Fullarton's Gazetteer New and Old Stat [Statistical] Accounts Oliver & Boyd's Almanac Origines Parochiales County Directory Admiralty Chart His Grace the Duke of Argyll |
"An extensive Shire, on the western coast of Scotland. It comprehends several large islands, as well as a considerable portion of the mainland. The latter part is of a very irregular figure; and is bounded on the north by InvernessShire; on the east by the counties or Perth and Dumbarton, & the frith of Clyde; on the south and west by the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 4[Note below Argyllshire:]
as decided by
Colonel Bayly R.E. [Royal Engineers]
[Signed] AGwin
Corpl. RE [Corporal Royal Engineers]
Iar-Gael - the Western face, or Western Highlands?
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Alison James- Moderator, Celia Skelton
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